[jotteff]

Hey everybody,

does anybody know how Jeffrey Abugel (author of "Stranger to My Self" and co-author of "Feeling Unreal") recovered from DPD?

If I remember correctly, he never revealed how he cured his DPD. In his book and in an interview on YouTube he says that he had DP for 11 years and that it took him 11 years to even get the right diagnosis (which means that he must have been cured shortly after he got the diagnosis).

I think it would be really interesting to know how he got cured.

Thank you!

 

[jotteff]

I heard he is active on Facebook. Maybe somebody could send him a message and ask him? (I don't have Facebook.)

 

[jotteff]

If you are talking about Harris Goldberg, he is 100 percent recovered, he spoke about full recovery in his interview and made movie numb only after recovery.How someone could make a movie with DP? it is not possible

Where did he say that he is fully recovered? Do you have a source?

 

[jotteff]

Check out this link:

http://pub48.bravenet.com/forum/static/show.php?usernum=4086229120&frmid=72&msgid=749585&cmd=show

There, Jeffrey Abugel writes:

"By some miracle, a friend referred me to Oscar Janiger, (who is mentioned in our Overview). He knew exactly what I had and for the first time I heard the words Depersonalization Syndrome. He prescribed a powerful monoamineoxidase inhibitor called marplan. Within a few days, I improved. Within a few weeks I felt better than I had in years. I remained on this med for many years."

To me, it sounds like the marplan (Isocarboxazid) helped him very much, but did not fully cure him. Otherwise he would have at least once used a word like "cured" or "recovered".

Can somebody please send him a message on Facebook and ask him whether he is completely cured or still struggles with DP? Thanks!

 

[jotteff]

Well, he said exactly following: "Yes recovered but it can sometimes return when under stress."

Thank you!

Maybe you could also ask him how he was cured and if he is still on medication.

In a YouTube comment he said SSRI's are what sent him on the road to recovery. Disappointing answer, I know.

Where did he say that?

 

[jotteff]

On the YouTube video called "Depersonalization in the news" he responds to a comment asking for help by saying "try to get a doc to prescribe Anafranil or the powerful MAO inhibitors parnate or marplan." I assume that means those helped him recover.

I know, but these are not SSRIs but other antidepressants.